Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '16 at 17:22
Run Duration	651 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 143 2-Core 267 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 792 79% 643 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.37% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7.53 5% 8.36 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 6.63 Splatting 15.5 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.37% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3978) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Lighting 71.6 Reflection 73.2 Parallax 64.4 58% 69.8 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 58.8 53% 65.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 180GB-$134 623 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 159GB free Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3884658 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 -117879672384370 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 86 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 72 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 65 68723736600 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3884658 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3884658 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3884658 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18864 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7333 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7333 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3925	75.6% Very good	Read 356 Write 214 Mixed 202 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 15.3 131% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 54.4 93% 182 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2743 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 32 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3625609407	95.4% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 411 Mixed 416 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 26.8 158% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 46.6 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 26.8 35% 61.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: JC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 77058532 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2225 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17249414720 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 505151518 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 77309411358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 19 77058532 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 41914585863063 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3347163094 (F2) Unknown 100 253 251041249	62.6% Good	Read 109 Write 110 Mixed 102 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.55 122% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 700GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 18 (C2) HDA temperature 114 108 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	95.7% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 168 Mixed 154 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.3 136% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 27.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	348x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	271x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	135x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $599

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16